Article #4 Global Warming Makes Heat Waves More Likely, Study Finds By JUSTIN GILLIS

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/science/earth/global-warming-makes-heat-waves-more-likely-study-finds.html

This article, published July 10th, 2012 by Justin Gillis explains a study that shows global warming increasing the probability of heat waves. This study, taking only 6 months to be published, is part of the striving for information on human influence on the earth's recent climate problems. The study concludes that the new extremes across the globe prove that the earth is warming as a whole. Some changes include melting sea ice, rising sea levels, fires, floods and storms. Specifically, the warming of the planet increased the likelyhood of droughts in Texas by twenty times compared to the 1960s. However, due to the fact that this study was published with only 6 months of research leads experts to say it isn't exactly reliable, and that rainfall deficits may be unrelated to global warming.